Part I: Wankatuya Keya from the Native American Community shares the position of Indigenous community participation In the 21st Century World

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As much as Indigenous people make up only an estimated 5% of the world's population, they have different backgrounds, cultures, and traditions. They often have a shared history of being uprooted and forced from their ancestral lands. Listen in as Wankatuya Keya aka

Cruz Collin takes Daniel through the native American's story, explaining how the community members face marginalization and discrimination, including being prevented or denied the ability to live their traditions, express their cultures, and even speak their language!

Indigenous populations, often also referred to as Indigenous peoples, are distinct cultural and social groups that share ancestral connections to lands where they live or peoples from an area where they have been displaced. Indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a geographical area or country before people from other countries or cultures arrived.